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Be a Storyteller
Be a Storyteller. Write a story about a time in your childhood when someone got revenge for a nasty trick that was played.
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Cowboys and Indians
Write a poem about how a stereotype has influenced your life.
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Squirrels
Write a poem about one of your childhood memories.
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Extinct Civilizations
Write a story in which your protagonist has discovered that s/he is a rare descendent of an extinct civilization – East or West. Ancient Egyptian The Inca The Maurya The Toltec The Mayans The Phoenicians The Babylonians The Sumerian The Aztec The Minoans Extra ideas for consideration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_genealogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_profiling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology
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Vandals
Write a modern short story in which your protagonist discovers they are a rare descendant of the Vandals.
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Sun in the Fog
Write a narrative in which you feature a detailed description of Waterloo Bridge: Sun in the Fog (1903) by Claude Monet.
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Fences
What are the main purposes for building fences? What ideas are suggested about fences in the following photos? Collect images of fences. Can you find images that seem to suggest an idea related to a course focus question? Create your own photo essay or bulletin board poster(try Adobe Indesign) featuring a photograph of a fence.…
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Legacy
Write your own poem to honour an ancestor. You could use the person’s name and relationship to you as the first line of the poem. On the next line, write two adjectives to describe him or her, what he or she did, and a short description of the person’s desires, fears, and loves on following…
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Man in Motion
It seems that people are often fascinated by individuals who do extraordinary things to better the lives of others. Research Rick Hansen and write a report about him. Be sure to include a character description in which you suggest how Rick Hansen’s character might have influenced his life. Share your report with your classmates. Include…
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Superman or Tarzan?
[youtube video=ihUIPlLw2ZE] Crash Test Dummies music video “Superman’s Song” from their 1991 debut album “The Ghosts That Haunt Me”. Written by Brad Roberts Tarzan wasn’t a ladies’ man He’d just come along and scoop ’em up under his arm Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle But Clark Kent now there was a…